It is time to update our recommendations for optimal ration particle size. Physically effective neutral detergent fiber (peNDF) was defined by Dave Mertens in 1997 as the portion of forage or feed ...

Dairy Judging 101: All five breeds (A6, BS6, G6, H10, J6) ...

Overall, 1,600 dairy farms across the United States called it quits last year. That reduced the number of commercial dairy farms in the U.S. to 40,219. On a percentage basis, losses were the largest ...

Edwards and Krawczel are in the department of animal science at the University of Tennessee. Proudfoot is in the department of veterinary preventive medicine at The Ohio State University. Calving is ...

John Goeser is director of nutritional research and innovation with Rock River Lab, Inc., Watertown, Wis., and adjunct assistant professor, dairy science department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

When used appropriately, antibiotics play a major role in restoring the health of cows, calves, and heifers on dairy farms. That’s the very reason that the National Dairy FARM Program has partnered to ...

Hoard's Dairyman provides the latest information on dairy markets. Click on the links below to be directed to the various market pages.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now a consumer buzzword that most of us have heard since the release of ChatGPT4. Now, Google, Facebook, and others are trying to catch up with OpenAI and believe it ...

Fifteen Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) dairy farms were recently awarded National Dairy Quality Awards by the National Mastitis Council (NMC).

I started advocating as a means to share my farm with the world, or whoever would listen. I’m not sure when that changed, but suddenly, social media felt like a job instead of an outlet. Instead of ...

We can critique ideas constructively without resorting to rudeness or insults. After all, it's vigorous discussion that built America . . . whether it is a discussion about the Presidential election ...

Editorial Department Biographies: Click on the name to read about their experience Kylene Anderson, Managing Editor Jenna Byrne, Associate Editor Jessica Miller, Associate Editor C. Todd Garrett, Art ...